The tweet received about 2,000 replies, 1,300 retweets and 7,700 likes as of Tuesday afternoon, with some commenters agreeing with Landau while others criticized both the ambassador and historical instances of U.S. interventionism.

The Mexican Communist Party replied to Landau’s tweet, writing in Spanish that «comrade Frida» was a Marxist-Leninist and admirer of former Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin because she was «consistent with humanism, the search for democracy and freedom of the workers and people of Mexico.»